- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Placitas, NM · PLACITAS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8559XCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174126
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0140 66/1/15 PLACITAS N MEX CESSNA 172D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0830 N8559X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 56, 6315 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-01/16/66.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8559X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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